Chloe

Overview
Chloe [KLŌ-ee] is the main protagonist of The Bandits of Alberion. She is one of the five Bandits of Alberion and the current wielder of Dew's broken sword. She also is a vessel hosting the souls of multiple villagers from the Bekhilde Sinkhole Incident.

Appearance
Chloe is a tall, lean woman, with neatly trimmed and parted straight brown hair that falls right at her chin in an A-line. She typically wears a black eyepatch over her right eye to hold back her curse, although this is eventually replaced by a torn piece of her red jacket. When it isn't activated, her eyes are a neutral gray blue, whereas when it is activated, her right eye is more blue.

At the beginning of the story, Chloe wears a black high-necked, long-sleeved shirt, black pants, and brown leather boots with a distinct red diamond pattern on them. She also wears a red jacket.

In the battle at Alberion, Chloe wears the standard Alberion knights' armor, which is mostly silver, with a breastplate that has Alberion's symbol, a swirling sun, on it and golden gauntlets.

Personality
Chloe is a calm and quiet individual, despite her being a well-known thief and wanted criminal in the local streets of Central City. Her quietness is even perceived as cold by Dew when they first meet. However, she is a very inquisitive and curious individual, constantly observing, and will stop at nothing to reach her goals once her mind is set on it. This is reflected by her lifelong dream to travel and see the whole world for herself.

Early Childhood
Chloe's childhood is a peaceful one, and as seen in Dew's memories when she is sinking in the Waters of Remembrance and Remorse, she spent quite a bit of time playing with other kids in her village and would sometimes help her parents with daily tasks around the house.

12 Years Ago
When Chloe was seven years old, her village was attacked by a wandering beast, a creature that wasn't often sighted in the area. The creature wrecked several houses and her blurry memories showed her family being slaughtered before her vision went black after being knocked out by a falling beam.

Soon after, a weak, barely living Chloe woke up to search for her family amidst the turmoil and disaster, although to no avail. The beast finally notices her when she wanders closer to it, and throws her across the village, knocking her out again, and in the process, transferring the souls of the many villagers it slaughtered on the day of the Bekhilde Sinkhole Incident as well, granting her the Death Eye curse. Dew notes she often blames herself for Chloe's curse, as she was in the village at the time of the beast's attack and could not protect Chloe from her fate.

In the years following, Chloe took up the life of a petty thief slinking in the shadows of Alberion's Central City, stealing for the sole purpose of survival.

Dew
Chloe is wary of Dew at first, trying to keep her distance from the girl at first out of suspicion that she was a Mage sent by Alberion's forces. Despite this, she eventually warms up to her, and her curiosity about her strange abilities and antics eventually gets the best of her. The two are good friends, alike in battle. Chloe gains a new level of understanding of Dew when Orion shows her Dew's memories, although at first she is quite shocked.